Tuesday, March 3, 2015

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Monday, March 2, 2015

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I spent a couple days in Chicago with my daughter and granddaughter and had a great time.

We were trapped in a room with a zombie! We took part in a Room Escape Adventure in the Fine Arts building in Chicago.

I never know what my daughter is going to get me involved in. I didn't want to do it but....I have to admit that it was a lot of fun. You are grouped with other people and have 60 minutes to discover all the clues in the room so you can get out before the zombie eats you.......we didn't make it.

For some reason my daughter is really into heights. These photos were taken from the 360 Chicago which used to be the John Hancock Center.

Kimberly did the Tilt.....1,000 feet above the ground and they tilt you! There was no way I was doing it!

You can see Navy Pier here. We were there around sunset on Friday night and the views were fantastic.

Sunset from the 360 Chicago.

We also went to Skydeck Chicago which is the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere. There is a ledge that extends out 4.3 foot from the Skydeck. My daughter and granddaughter both went out on it and have photos.....I tried but......I just couldn't do it.

Have you seen the scopes you can use to take selfies? I told my daughter that I had ordered one (which should get here today) and she thought they were the silliest things to buy. Well, everywhere you looked people were using them so......before too long guess who bought one? I think she needs more practice with it.

We stayed at the Hotel Palomor Chicago which was right downtown. I can't believe I forgot to take a photo of our room! We were on the 14th floor and went swimming on the 17th floor....what a view.

We also ate at Smith & Wollensky which is in Marina City. The sixty tower buildings were built in 1964 and I can remember my grandmother taking me there when it opened and we toured the different studio, one bedroom and two bedroom condos that were available then.

Marina City, Chicago photo property of aviewoncities.com

This was just a couple blocks from our hotel and we walked there Saturday night. It started snowing while we were eating which made for a slippery walk back. It is amazing how busy downtown Chicago is at night.

Saturday, February 28, 2015

The Mississippi river is frozen and there aren't any snails down along the shore but.....I did have my Snail's Trail quilt out there! I am so ready for winter to be over!

I am tickled to be taking part in the GO! BIG blog hop and when I was contacted about receiving the GO! BIG electric cutter and a GO! BIG die I couldn't wait for the box to get here! I also chose the GO! Snail's Trail die, that was a hard decision as I liked all of them! I was given a fat quarter bundle of Downtown Abbey by Andover Fabric to use for my project for the blog hop.

I couldn't wait to use it and.....I cut up all the Downtown Abbey before I realized I had forgotten to take pictures. I have several other projects I'll be sharing soon and will show the steps for putting together this block. This die is so neat! One cut gives you all the pieces for one color of the block. I also used 9 pieces of muslin for my blocks. They are huge.....12 1/2" blocks!

It is very safe to use and I did a post earlier where I showed my grand-daughters helping me cut with it. If you missed it check it out here.

I have to be honest and say that I had never made the Snail's Trail block in all my years of quilting. This die makes it so easy and I just love it!

I hope you have been enjoying the AccuQuilt GO! BIG blog hop and be sure to visit all the other blogs that are taking part. You'll get some great ideas!

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Last weekend I took a little time to straighten up my fabrics......you never know when you'll find something you forgot you had. I also have a small basket that I keep scraps in and it was time to cut them into different sizes that I keep. The smallest is a 1 ½" square (crazy......I know). All the fabrics on the right side are batiks!

After doing all that my bin that I keep the 2 ½" squares in was overflowing so I decided to spend a little time sewing some of them together.

There is nothing more relaxing than sewing 4 patches together. I used a ¼" seam allowance.

After I made a bunch of these I cut up some 5" squares of neutral fabrics and then cut them diagonally.

I then added them to the sides of my 4 patch. I am using 2 different neutrals for each block.

You end up with a bunch of neat blocks and.....less scraps!

I probably won't trim my blocks until I'm finally ready to make something with them....for now I'm just clearing out my stash a little bit. Square up your blocks to 6 ½" x 6 ½" and make a quilt!

.Don't forget to visit all the blogs taking part in the AccuQuilt GO! BIG blog hop!